The WORST episodes of Roseanne
Every episode of Roseanne ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Roseanne!
Explore life, death and everything in between through the relatable, hilarious and brutally honest lens of the working-class Conner household, which is located in the drab, fictional exurb of Langford, Illinois. With the inimitable Roseanne Barr at its epicenter as the family's matriarch, the series tackles current issues with fresh stories and even more laughs. Roseanne is joined by her husband, Dan, and their children, D.J., Darlene and Becky. Roseanne's warm, but neurotic, sister Jackie rounds out the core of the family.
#1 - Sweet Dreams
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1989
Roseanne tries to get a few minutes of relaxation in the bathtub, but she ends up getting constant interruptions from her family--and a fantasy about two hunks.
#2 - Arsenic and Old Mom
Season 9 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1997
Dan's eccentric mom heads straight for Lanford after she's released from hospital, claiming to be cured. Problem is, Dan thinks she's trying to kill him.
#3 - Roseambo
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1996
Roseanne battles a group of women-hating terrorists who hold her family and a foreign diplomat hostage on a train to Washington, D.C.
#4 - Hit the Road, Jack
Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1997
As Dan packs his bags to leave, Roseanne drowns her sorrows in fast food while driving aimlessly around Lanford, and D.J. finds a soul mate to share his troubles.
#5 - Happy Trailers
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/29/1995
Becky and Mark finally leave the Conner nest to move into a tacky trailer park, but when Roseanne and Dan try to help out financially, their offers are met with a wall of resistance. Meanwhile, a tipsy neighbor drops by to put out the trailer park welcome mat.
#6 - Lanford's Elite
Season 9 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1997
At a party at the swank Lanford Country Club, Roseanne forges a surprising bond with Edgar Wellman, Jr., the son of her hated former boss. When he reveals some shocking news about the future of Lanford, Roseanne realizes she may be the only one who can save her hometown.
#7 - Hoi Polloi Meets Hoiti Toiti
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1996
A visit with the wealthy Wentworths on Martha's Vineyard gives the Conners a glimpse into new friend Astrid's dysfunctional family. And before long, the Conners are teaching the snobby elitists some truths about real life.
#8 - Home for the Holidays
Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1996
After a long stay in California with his mother, Dan returns home for Christmas and he, Roseanne and the rest of the family begin to realize how fortunate they are to have each other and how much they have to be thankful for as the old year ends.
#9 - The Truth be Told
Season 9 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/18/1997
Roseanne learns some truths about the price of fame when two high-powered television programmers bombard her with all sorts of bizarre ideas about how network and cable TV would tell her life story. Roseanne is appalled to learn that one wants to sanitize her life and the other wants to spice it up. At the same time, Bev is happily telling stories about Roseanne to a friendly florist, unaware that he is actually a tabloid reporter.
#10 - Two Down, One to Go
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1993
Roseanne is suffering from empty-nest syndrome as Darlene heads for school. But after Darlene gets settled into her dorm, the two have a revealing mother-daughter chat, and Roseanne returns home with a plan.
#11 - The War Room
Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/1997
When a heartbroken Roseanne locks herself in her room and won't come out, her family and friends all try in their own unique way to help her get out of her funk. Friends and family try an intervention after they're unable to rouse a listless Roseanne out of bed, where she's been for four days amid piles of junk food, depressed over Dan's affair.
#12 - Someday My Prince Will Come
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1996
A Moldavian prince descends on Lanford with one purpose in mind: to romance Jackie. It seems he's developed a royal crush on her after seeing her briefly on TV.
#13 - Roseanne-Feld
Season 9 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/4/1997
Jackie and Mark take in a female wrestling match; D.J. is not prepared when he realizes he may be about to have his first sexual experience when a night of watching videos with Heather turns into a night of passion; and Bev introduces Leon and Scott to her new "friend," a boozy lounge singer named Joyce.
#14 - Thanksgiving '94
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1994
Thanksgiving is a real turkey at the Conner household when Roseanne gets alarming medical news she can't confirm with the pre-natal clinic, and Nana Mary arrives with a feeble husband on her arm -- then upsets Bev by discussing the two abortions Nana Mary had years ago.
#15 - Home is Where the Afghan Is
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1996
The absence of Dan, a series of family squabbles, and a shocking revelation by Bev mar the Conners' first Thanksgiving as a rich and famous family, and they start to realize that money does not necessarily buy happiness.
#16 - All of Me (1)
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/1990
Roseanne doesn't share Jackie's enthusiasm for the exciting new man in her life.
#17 - Satan, Darling
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1996
Absolutely Fabulous glam gals Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley (in character as Edina and Patsy) are among the few down-to-earth participants in Roseanne's outrageous Halloween outing. They're guests at an Upper West Side soirée, where new multimillionaires Roseanne and Jackie have gained entrée into New York society. But for grandmother-to-be Roseanne, a witches' coven soon comes into play — a la Rosemary's Baby — and bizarre happenings begin to involve a very pregnant Darlene.
#18 - The Fifties Show
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1995
The Conners find themselves going back in time in this spoof of 1950s sitcoms (shot mostly in black and white): Roseanne's a fussy hausfrau, Dan is a hapless businessman stewing over "the Anderson account," and Jackie's the wacky neighbor.
#19 - What a Day for a Daydream
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1996
Newly wealthy Roseanne indulges in daydreams involving Hugh Hefner and an appearance on the Jerry Springer Show in which she imagines her dreams – and even some of her nightmares – coming true thanks to the lottery winnings.
#20 - Communicable Theater
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1991
Roseanne is torn between taking care of her flu-stricken husband and helping Jackie learn lines for her play.
#21 - Death and Stuff
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/11/1989
During the family's busy weekend activities, a door-to-door salesman drops by -- and then drops dead in the Conner kitchen.
#22 - Busted
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1994
Dan and Roseanne try to talk Mark into coming back to Becky; meanwhile, Roseanne finds out that David is living with Darlene and heads for Chicago to confront them.
#23 - Pampered to a Pulp
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1996
Roseanne and Jackie fight the battle of the bulge during their sojourn at a luxury spa, where past-life regression therapy brings out the imagined warrior in Roseanne.
#24 - Heart & Soul
Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/1996
Roseanne's brave and witty front masks her fears after Dan suffers a heart attack during Darlene's wedding reception.
#25 - Five of a Kind
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1989
A kiss is just a kiss, but it could mean trouble when the kisser is Dan's buddy Arnie, and the kissee is Roseanne.